Freight Car Shortage Seen In 1922 Outlook
Wellesley Mill Massachusetts July 14 1922. Roger W Babson in New York with railway interests warns of an inevitable freight car shortage this fall. He cites worn rail equipment, limited coal deliveries, and rising prices. congestion could drive commodity and security prices higher and lift railroad securities. Babson also notes drought and mining impacts, plus his sheriff candidacy announcement for Gratiot County primaries on Sept. 12 1922 and film listing Never Weak at Strand.
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Wellesley Mill
Massachusetts
Roger W. Babson
New York
Enal
Haljeen
Purethermore
Laure
Alma residents and visitors mingle in local notes
Alma and nearby towns see a flurry of activity with residents traveling to Grand Rapids Detroit and Detroit for visits business and leisure. Notables include Mrs E H Wolf at Crystal. Harold Lloyd in Never Weaken plans. Frank Vreeland in Alma. local officials like Attorney Goggin in Stanton. and Elinor Bennet vacationing in Detroit and Grand Rapids. Advertisements spark sales at The Gaffney Style Shop and Maple Nuts promotions while university and gym construction updates hint at looming projects.
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E. H. Wolf
Crystal
Mike Hauck
Lonia
Harold Lloyd
Strand
Francis King
Charles IL Goggin
Stanton
Frank Vreeland
Bay City
Alma
M. Solinski
Edmere
H. M. Crooks
Grand Rapids
DeLuxe Candy Co
Frank Tucker
Kenneth Wolf
Karl Medler
State Savings Bank
Rogers
Detroit
Elinor Bennet
Big Rapids
DB. W. Robinson
Mable Keene
Florence
Beulah Strom
W. D. Clark
Chicago
R. B. Smith
Lebner
Michigan
Acc
Lichtman
Asia Public Schools
Lanning
Ann Arbor
Mra
FLN
Notestein
Wooster
Ohio
Kayser
van Raalte
Deve
Shalf Price
Gaffney
Mra. Hearley
Vinnie Boyd
Mariners
Saginaw
Malcom Wilcox
Alma News Company
Allen Highfield
Greenville
Highfield
Smith
Siewich
Uiis
Iickerson
Alma College
Acker
Chrittenden
Marnette
Johnson
Newberry
Copper County Industrial League
Ames
Owen, Anns & Kimball
Pine Avenue Paving Sealed Bids Sought in Alma Michigan
Sealed bids for Pine Avenue paving will be received until 5 pm Tuesday August 1 2922 for labor materials and equipment excluding cement. Work includes concrete pavement curb gutter grading and drainage from Superior to Walnut Street with plans on file at City Clerk and bids to City Manager marked Paying Bid plus a $500 certified check.
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Pine Avenue
Superior Street
Walnut Street
Alma
Mich
Local births visits and community notes in East Alma
East Alma notes report a baby girl born Tuesday July 2 to Mr and Mrs Murton Hopkins of Highland Avenue. Visiting residents include Harwell and Jenny Seaver with Wanitis Ziegler from Carsonville. Mrs John Raney recovering at Elmewood Avenue hospital. Local workers and families mentioned at Swartouts Grover store Cornwall Grocery Saginaw and Mingled Oak. Rev J M Gelston MD preaches Heaven sermons at Eastminister chapel with dates to July 40. Community members enjoy berry picking and Miss Mary Melmyre travels to Gully Lake with normal students.
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Murton Hopkins
Highland Avenue
Mes
Harwell
Lansing
Jenny Seaver
Beaotih Sind Wanitis Ziegler
Carsonville
Pleasant Normal
Allyn Grove
Elmwod Avenue
John Raniay
Elmewood Avenue
Jesse Augustine Fais
Warking
Ty Lansing
Tun Tite
S Avenue
Rarsas
Republis
Teick Parte
Reymins
Dieker
Trnviel
Republic Avenue
Grove Avende
Ward Street
J. M
Gelston
Opal Alen
Mary Melmyre
Gully Lake
Battle Creek
Chicago Tribune Dentists and village stroll request
A rueful voice from a dental chair asks to join a stroll around the village until a fair ends. The narrator notes the busy scene as the dentist’s patient speaks with a wary, hopeful tone.
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Trim
Freckifaerd Tid
Chicego Tribune
Seeing With the Rands and The Hidden Sense
A fragment discusses how blind individuals perceive touch in darkness. It notes that in a dim town setting care is needed to foster innate sensing abilities. The text describes a blind person held in a dark room as infrared light is applied, enabling perception through fingers.
City Tax Notice for 12% Now Payable July to Sept
City taxes are now true and payable from July 1 to September 1 with 12 percent no penalty. From September 15 to November 1 1928 a four percent penalty is added to the tax amount. Dated July 10 12 PD W Adams City Treasurer.
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PD. W. Adams
Bids Wanted for Pine Avenue Special Assessment Bonds
Bids will be received until 4 p m Tuesday August 1 for 1000 of special assessment paving bonds in the Pine Avenue district Alma Michigan. Each bid must include a 3 percent certified check and be addressed to City Manager Alma Mich marked Paving Bond Bid. W B Reynolds City Manager.
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Hick P. m
Pine Avenue
Alma
Mich
W. B. Reynolds
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Babson
Inhalitien
Gratiot Co
Joseph Grover
Dodo Reid
Wallice Reid
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Wickford
Swans
Wallace Reid
East Alma
Home Lumber & Fuel Company
Miterson Drigg Co
William DeMille
Wiss
Lulu Bett
Hobart Bosworth
the Sea Lion
Grace Darmond
Pola Negri
Mabel Normand
Eichenberg & GO
Alima’s
Earl C. Clapp
Winchester
Crandell & Scott
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